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August 15, 2020

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Newsletter: August 15

August 15, 2020|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Revolver’s pizza is legitimately excellent.
••• Fundraising drive to get the Bossie’s Kitchen cow replaced.
••• Spiffy new parklets at Dune and Satellite.
••• Triple Chip’s full menu of treats.
••• A Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf reopened.
••• An ounce of knowledge.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A final word on Harry and Meghan’s Montecito estate.
••• Degeneres burglary thought to be an inside job.
••• New signage at the rebranded Hyatt Centric on E. Cabrillo.
••• Lotusland’s Japanese pavilion is open.
••• A UCSB swimmer’s 10-mile ocean swim for Covid-19 relief.
••• The city’s draft plan to cope with rising sea levels.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions include midcentury houses with potential in Montecito, Hope Ranch, and on the Mesa; a 1929 house on an acre on APS; and a house with a view of hills, canyons, ocean, and islands—all from one deck.

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WEATHER FORECAST
“Today will be another hot day,” says Jack Martin of Action Roofing. “Subtropical moisture could create some thunderstorms over the mountains this afternoon and evening. Sunday is more of the same—maybe slight cooling, but still well above normal. Next week: slight change, but still warm. It looks like August weather has arrived.” Email [email protected] to receive daily updates.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• State Street will remain closed for at least three more months.
••• City beach closures for Labor Day weekend.
••• The likely new name for Indio Muerto Street.
••• Many intriguing local races on the November ballot.
••• St. Paul’s African Methodist Episcopal Church is now a city landmark.
••• Game Seeker employee takes over the shop.
••• Progress for five-story building on W. Anapamu.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
You can really get away from it all at The Lodge at Blue Sky, Auberge Resorts’s new property outside Park City. But is the splendid isolation worth the high price?

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